Jumping Plant Louse
- Trichochermes walkeri

The Jumping Plant Louse, Trichochermes walkeri, causes the leaf margin to curl and a gall to be formed on the leaves of Purging Buckthorn. The gall is more likely to be seen than the adult plant louse.

Habitat

Any area where Buckthorn is present.

UK Status

Not scarce but rather local and limited by the range of the host plant Purging Buckthorn in Britain.